由湖北省社会科学联合会、湖北省文化厅、湖北大学、通山县人民政府联合举办的“李自成归宿问题学术讨论会”于十月底至十一月初在通山举行。会议代表来自京、豫、陕、湘、鄂等省市,近七十人,与会代表就李自成殉难于湖北通山九宫山还是为僧于湖南石门夹山寺的问题,展开了热烈的讨论。1956年,《历史教学》就通山县一位小学教员对历史教科书上说李自成战死于通城九富山所提出的疑问展开了论讨;《历史研究》也发表了有关文章。郭沫若同志还发表申明,更正了《甲申三百年祭》中李自成牺牲于通城九宫山的旧说,赞同李自成牺牲于通山九宫山的说法。1977年,武汉师范学院中文系教师在通山进行调查,然后在《武汉师范学院学报》上发表了《李 The “Symposium on the Return of Li Zicheng to the Mainland” jointly organized by Hubei Provincial Federation of Social Sciences, Hubei Provincial Department of Culture, Hubei University and Tongshan County People’s Government was held in Tongshan from the end of October to early November. Delegates from Beijing, Henan, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei and other provinces and cities, nearly seventy people, participants on Li Zicheng martyrdom in Hubei Tongshan Jiugongshan or monk in Hunan Shimen Jia Shan Temple, launched a lively discussion. In 1956, “History Teaching” discussed the questions raised by a primary school teacher in Tongshan County about the historical textbook that said Li Zicheng died when he died in Nine Fushan, Tongcheng; “Historical Studies” also published relevant articles. Comrade Guo Moruo also issued a statement affirming the old saying that Li Zicheng died at the Jiugong Mountain of Tongcheng in the “300th Anniversary of Jiaxun” and agreed with Li Zicheng’s sacrifice at the Jiugong Mountain of Tongshan. In 1977, the teachers of Chinese Department of Wuhan Normal University conducted a survey in Tongshan and published "Li